21 sats \ 5 replies \ @random_ 23 Oct \ on: Can I run a full Bitcoin node with only a 5mb/s connection? bitcoin
Your hotspot may be throttled. Do you use a vpn on the hotspot? They can prevent throttling.
You should switch to a openwrt cellular router, if possible. Spitz AX is a good model.
Good to know. I had something like that in the past and it gave me problems for some reason. I am running through a phone to a wifi extender, to a router. My phone plan is unlimited hotspot but is only supposed to serve one device at a time. I feel like I hacked the system. I use like 400gb a month and only pay $25 a month. My whole home network runs through it. Since I switched to a SSD this morning, it's going super fast. I think the spinning disk was the major issue. I didn't realize syncing the Blockchain was disk intensive.
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We are on reverse paths it seems. I'm never going back to hotspot now that I have the router. I went from 3 devices for networking down to one. KISS could go either way here.
I had something like that in the past and it gave me problems for some reason.
Guessing you put a phone sim directly in the router? The ISP can tell when you are using a cell phone plan on a data-only device. You need a device you fully control (openwrt). One that doesn't ask permission
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My little tower blasts internet out from the top of my little hill to like 100 acres.
I think the device I was using was just an issue. It was a Netgear part. It never would stay connected for some reason. I would prefer to have a setup that doesn't use a phone.
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Not scientifically. But I am blown away by how far it goes. There is no interference and it's wide open desert here. No buildings. So it goes super far.
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